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The Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science and  

The Science Faculty at the Lebanese University  in collaboration with 

The National Council for Scientific Research – Lebanon    

Organize 

The 23rd International Scientific Conference  

ʺResearch and Science in the Service of Humanity” 

Opening Ceremony – 6 April 2017 – 11:00 a.m.  

Closing Ceremony – 7 April 2017 – 5:00 p.m.   

Congres Palace Rafic Hariri Campus ‐ Hadath 

 

April 6‐7, 2017 Faculty of Sciences ‐ Lebanese University – 

www.laaslb.org  

www.fsciences.ul.edu.lb 

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23rd International Scientific Conference of LAAS

“Research and Science in the Service of Humanity”

The Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University 6 and 7 April, 2017

Introduction

The LAAS’s International Scientific Conference is an annual conference that will be held this year at the Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University in the Rafic Hariri Campus – Hadath in collaboration with the National Council for Scientific Research.

The LAAS’s International Scientific Conference is a forum for researchers, allowing them to present and discuss the results of their research in various fields of science and education.

The research axes of the conference are:

Biological, Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences.

Chemistry and Physics, Theoretical and Experimental

Environment, Food Security and Agriculture

Mathematics and Computer Science

Engineering Sciences and Architecture

Social and Human Sciences

Economics and Management

Education Sciences

Arts and World Vision

Relations : State, entreprises, universities.

Lebanese and foreign researchers are invited to participate in this meeting by submitting summaries of their research for possible oral presentation or poster or display, in the conference program. In addition to presentations of research in the areas already mentioned, the 23rd International Scientific Conference encourages addressing national and international issues, such as the transfer and assessment of new technologies, inter-university cooperation, university-industry cooperation, research science education and innovative technologies.

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The Committees of the 23rd LAAS’s Conference

Honorary Committee

Fouad AYOUB, President of the Lebanese University

Mouin HAMZE, Secretary General of the National Council for Scientific Research

Naim OUAINI, President of the Lebanese Association for Advancement of Sciences

Advisory Committee

Hasan ZEIN EDDINE, Lebanese University (UL) (President)

Saleh ABDEL AL, Lebanese International University (LIU)

Josiane ABI KHATTAR, Holy Family University (USF)

Mohammad Toufic ABOU ALI, Lebanese University (UL)

Soubhi ABOU CHAHINE, Beirut Arab University (BAU)

Michel ABOU GHANTOUS, American University of Technology (AUT)

Nidaa ABOU MRAD, Antonine University (UA)

Ghazi ASMAR, Notre Dame University of Louaize (NDU)

Elie ASSAF, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Tony ATALLAH, Lebanese university (UL)

Jihad ATTIEH, University of Balamand (UOB)

Christine BABIKIAN ASSAF, Saint Joseph University (USJ)

Nehme AZOURY, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Aziz BARBAR, American University of Science and Technology (AUST)

Ibtihal BASTAWISI, Beirut Arab University (BAU)

Hisham BASHA, Rafik Hariri University (RHU)

Wafaa BAWAB, Lebanese University (UL)

Jean DAOUD, Lebanese University (UL)

Rony DARAZI, Antonine University (UA)

Assaad EID, American University of Beirut (AUB)

George EID, Notre Dame University – Louaize (NDU)

Rajaa FAKHOURY, Beirut Arab University (BAU)

Antoine FARHAT, Notre Dame University – Louaize (NDU)

Khalil EL FEGHALI, Lebanese University (UL)

Fadi GEARA, Saint Joseph University (USJ)

Camille HABIB, Lebanese University (UL)

Therese EL HACHEM, Lebanese University (UL)

Hisham EL HAGE, Lebanese International University (LIU)

Amin HAJ ALI, Lebanese International University (LIU)

Mohammad EL HAJJ, Lebanese University (UL)

Mohammad HAJJAR, Lebanese University (UL)

Bassam HAMDOUN, Islamic University of Lebanon (UIL)

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Ali HAMIE, Arts Sciences & Technology University in Lebanon (AUL)

Tarek HARB, Lebanese International University (LIU)

Marlène HAYDAR NAJJAR, Lebanese University (UL)

Michel HAYEK, Notre Dame University (NDU)

Hassan HEJASE, American University of Technology (AUT)

Hussin HEJASE, Maaref University (MU)

Walid HLEIHEL, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Ahmad HOTEIT, Islamic University of Lebanon (UIL)

Jalal JOMAA, Maaref University (MU)

Abdo JURJUS, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Georges KALLAS, Lebanese University (UL)

Walid KAMALI, Manar University of Tripoli (MUT)

Dolla KARAM SARKIS, Saint Joseph University (USJ)

Ibrahim KEBBE, Global University (GU)

Pierre AL KHOURY, Lebanese German University (LGU)

Samia KHOURY, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Elie EL KHOURY, Lebanese Canadian University (LCU)

Abdul Menhem KOBEISSI, Islamic University of Lebanon (UIL)

Adel Ahmad EL KORDI, Beirut Arab University (BAU)

Jean-Claude LAHOUD, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Nashat MANSOUR, Lebanese American University (LAU)

Richard MAROUN, Saint Joseph University (USJ)

Samir MEDAWAR, Lebanese University (UL)

Rock-Antoine MEHANNA, Sagesse University (ULS)

Mohammad MOHSEN, Lebanese University (UL)

Fadel MOUKALED, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Joseph MOUKARZEL, Antonine University (UA)

Michel NAJJAR, University of Balamand (UOB)

Hania NAKKACH, Beirut Arab University (BAU)

George NASR, Lebanese American University (LAU)

Georges NEHME, Antonine University (UA)

Elise NOUJEIM, National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L)

Fawaz EL OMAR, Lebanese University (UL)

Mohamad RAHAL, Lebanese International University (LIU)

Toufic RIZK, Saint Joseph University (USJ)

Georges SADAKA, Lebanese University (UL)

Nicole SALIBA CHALHOUB, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Ahmad SMAILI, Rafik Hariri University (RHU)

Ahmad SHATILA, Global University (GU)

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Malek TABBAL, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Ghazi TADMOURI, Jinane University of Lebanon (JUL)

Rabih TALHOUK, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Roland TOMB, Saint-Joseph University (USJ)

Arz WEHBE, Lebanese Canadian University (LCU)

Boutros YARED, Lebanese University (UL)

Rafic YOUNES, Lebanese University (UL)

Tony ZAYNOUN, Lebanese University (UL)

Barbar ZEGHONDI, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Nina ZEIDANE, Lebanese University (UL)

Tamara EL ZEIN, National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L)

Paul ZGHEIB, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

International Advisory Committee

Edmond ABI RAAD Lebanese University (UL)

Francesco CAPPELLO Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Institute (Italy)

Patrice COURVALIN Unit of Antibacterian Agents, Pasteur Institute (France)

Christelle GOUTAUDIER Université de Lyon (France)

Georges HADDAD Professor of Cardiac Physiology and member of Directors of the Basic and Cellular Cardiovascular Research at American Center for investigative Cardiology

Ali ELHAJ LLM., Ph D., Chairman and General Manager Veritas Scientific

Ahmad EZZEDINE Ph D., Associate Vice president, Educational Outreach and International Programs Wayne State University.

Inaya HAJJ HUSSEIN Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (USA)

Angelo LEONE University of Palermo (Italy)

Mario MAGLIONE Director of the ICMCB-CNRS, Université de Bordeaux (France)

Charbel MASSAAD Dean of the Faculty of Basic and Biomedical Sciences University Paris Descartes (France)

Liliane MASSAAD Director of the New anticancer therapies team, laboratory of Vectorology and anticancer therapies

Samir F. MATAR Director General at CNRS,ICMCB-Université de Bordeaux (France)

Luc M. OKE MD and President of the American Center for investigative Cardiology

Dominique PORQUET Dean of the Pharmaceutical Faculty in Paris XI, President French pharmaceutical faculties conference (France)

Jean-Luc PROBST EcoLab (France)

Walid RACHIDI University of Grenoble Alpes

Douglas N. RUTLEDGE AgroParisTech (France)

Hervé SABOURIN Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie – Bureau Moyen-Orient (AUF- BMO)

Christophe SCHMITT Université de Lorraine (France)

Joseph SCHELNOFF Distinguished researsh professor, Florida State University

Abbas SAIDI Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Giovanni TOMASELLO University of Palermo (Italy)

Yehya TAHER University of Versailles Saint-Quentin, Director of International Relations

Rosalyn ZEIN JURJUS Georges Washington University (USA)

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Scientific Committees

Biological, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Health Sciences

Maha ABOULELA BAU

Saer ALWAN JUL

Zouheir ATTIEH AUST

Mona DIAB ASSAF UL

Bassam BADRAN UL

Jamila BORJAC BAU

Magda BOU DAGHER KHARRAT USJ

Tanios CHELALA USF

Fouad DABBOUSI UL

Nadine DARWISH AUB

Laure EL CHAMY USJ

Iman EL GHAZZAWY BAU

Faten EL HAGE USEK

Diala EL KHOURY NDU

Mohammad Mostafa EL SAYYED BAU

Ziad FAJLOUN UL

Fawaz FAWAZ CNRSL

Pascal FENIANOS USF

Amal GALAL BAU

Ali GHADDAR LIU

Rima HABIB AUB

Elie HADCHITY UL

Christian HADDAD USEK

Mahmoud HALABLAB RHU

Rabih HALLIT USEK

Souheil HALLIT USEK

Chaza HARMOUCH JUL

Walid HLEIHEL USEK

Zeina HOBAIKA USJ

Fadi HOYEK USEK

Ayad JAFFA AUB

Mireille AWAD KALLASSY USJ

Marc KARAM UOB

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Mona KASTI GU

Antoine KOSSEIFI USEK

Ghada KHAWAJA BAU

Jean-Claude LAHOUD USEK

Marcel MASSOUD USEK

Gaby MOUKARZEL UA

Dani OSMAN UL

Mike OSTA AUB

Soha SALEH LIU

Yonna SACRE USEK

Julien SFEIR USEK

Sima TOKAJIAN LAU

Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry and Physics

Marie ABBOUD MEHANNA USJ

Carine ABI GHANEM UL

Naja ADNAN UL

Adel AL ALAM USEK

Mazen AL GHOUL AUB

Samer AOUAD UOB

Ramadan AWAD BAU

Joseph BEJJANI USJ

Reine BARBAR USEK

Bilal BEYDOUN UL

Madona BOULOS UL

Maya BOUTROS UL

Marwan BROUCHE USJ

Manal CHEBBO AUL

Hanna CHEBIB UL

Robert DIB NDU

Juliana EL KHOURY AUST

Nathalie ESTEPHAN USEK

Georges FARES USJ

Wehbeh FARAH USJ

Ziad FRANCIS USJ

Roland HABCHI UL

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Lara HALAOUI AUB

Bassam HAMDOUN UIL

Rafif HAMMAM LIU

Tarek HARB LIU

Ziad HERRO UL

Mahmoud KOREK BAU

Samira KORFALI LAU

Maher KOUDAYEH UIL

Rola ZAYDAN MEHARD USEK

Michel NAKHL UL

Fawaz EL OMAR UL

Mohamad ROUMIEH CNRSL

Joseph SAAB USEK

Bassem SABRA NDU

Hussein SALAMI RHU

Najat SALIBA AUB

Samer SAMARANI USF

Maher SOUEIDAN CNRSL

Malek TABBAL AUB

Youssef ZAATAR UL

Mirvat ZAKHOUR UL

Doumit ZAOUK UL

Environment, Food Security and Agriculture

Maher ABBOUD USJ

Ashraf ABDUL GABER BAU

Alain ABI RIZK USEK

Gretta ABOU SLEYMANE AUST

Charbel AFIF USJ

Ali ALKHATIB LIU

Samar AZZI ACHKOUTY USEK

Mohammad DAKDOUKI BAU

Ragi DARWISH AUL

Talal DARWISH CNRSL

Claude DAOU UL

Esperance DEBS UOB

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Desiree EL AZZI USEK

Marc EL BEYROUTHY USEK

Andre EL KHOURY USJ

Antoine EL SEMRANI UL

Youssef EL RAYESS USEK

Milad FAKHRY CNRSL

Jocelyne GERARD USJ

Amira HADDARA UL

Mahmoud HALABLAB RHU

Tanos HAGE NDU

Darine HUSSEIN LIU

Nahla HWALLA AUB

Lina KASSIR JUL

Christian KHALIL LAU

Maya KHARRAT SARKIS USJ

Carla KHATER CNRSL

Walid MALAEB BAU

Nehme MAHA USF

Joanna MATTA USEK

Hania NAKKACH BAU

Nabil NEMER USEK

Ammar OLABI AUB

Adel OMARA BAU

Rami OWEINI BAU

Jacques SAMOURI UIL

Imad TOUFEILI AUB

Mathematics and Computer Science

Hyam ABBOUD UL

Riham ABDUL KADER BAU

Youssef AJEEB AUL

Mohamad AL ABED RHU

Joseph AL ASSAD USEK

Hussein BADRANE UIL

Joanna BODGI USJ

Toufic EL ARWADI BAU

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Bechara EL BOUNA UA

Fida EL CHAMI UL

Hisham EL KHOURY AUL

Wassim EL HAJJ CHEHADE BAU

Farah FARAH UOB

Charbel FARES USEK

Georges HABIB UL

Rami HADDAD USJ

Ahmad HAMMOUD GU

Ramzi HARATI LAU

Jihad ITANI AUL

Hassan JABER AUL

Ahmad KASSEM AUL

Hoda MAALOUF NDU

Joseph MALKOUN NDU

Nashat MANSOUR LAU

Dani MEZHER USJ

Rola NAJA UL

Nabil NASSIF AUB

Ghalia NASSREDDINE JUL

Chady NOUR LAU

Garo PILAWJIAN AUL

Saeed RAHEEL AUST

Wissam RAJI AUB

Mohamad SAAD AUL

Hervé SABOURIN AUF-BMO

Bilal SAID AUL

Toni SAYAH USJ

Raafat TALHOUK UL

Ali WEHBEH UL

Fadi YAMOUT LIU

Jomana YOUNES UIL

Engineering Sciences

Mohamad ABBOUD LIU

Mirvat ABDDALLAH RHU

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Samih ABDUL NABI LIU

Hadi ABOU CHAKRA BAU

Chady ABOU JAOUDE UA

Ziad FARAJ AUST

Tilda AKIKI USEK

Mohamad ARNAOUT LIU

Perla ATTIYAH LAU

Ali ASSI LIU

Jean CHAMOUN UL

Pascal DAMIEN USEK

Zaher DAWI AUB

Nadim DIAB RHU

Moustafa EL FADEL AUB

Wassim EL FALOU UL

Nemr EL HAGGE USEK

Imad EL HAJJ AUB

Mirvat EL HOZ UOB

Ali GHOUWAYEL LIU

Fadi HAGE CHEHADE UL

Ali HAIDAR BAU

Ali HAMIE AUL

Jihad HAMIE AUL

Hamzeh HAMIEH AUL

Ali HAMMOUD BAU

Mohamad HAMMOUD LIU

Mohamad HAMZEH AUL

Adnan HARB LIU

Hamza ISSA BAU

Jimmy ISSA LAU

Mohamad ITANI AUL

Ahmad JAMMAL MEHE

Jad JELWAN USEK

Elie KARAM UOB

Fakhreddine KEYROUZ NDU

Mahmoud KHALED LIU

Mohamad KHALIL UL

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Adnan MASRI BAU

Oussama MOSTAFA UIL

Nazih MOUBAYED UL

Michel NAHAS LIU

Ziad OSMAN BAU

Mohamad RAMADAN LIU

Sandy RIHANA USEK

Soha SALEH USJ

Dominique SALEMEH USJ

Georges SALLOUM UL

Hadi SAWAYA USJ

Ali SHAITO LIU

Hassan SHREIM UL

Ahmad SKAIKY AUL

Joe TEKLI LAU

Yehya TEMSAH BAU

Nancy ZGHEIB USEK

Social and Human Sciences

Mirna ABBOUD MZAWAK USEK

Bassel AKAR NDU

Wafi ALHAJ MAJED GU

Khodor AWWAD JUL

Christine BABIKIAN ASSAF USJ

Hoda BIBI LIU

Edmond CHIDIAC USJ

Ragy DARWISH AUL

Daher EL AILY AUL

Jamil HAMMOUD RHU

Sari HANAFI AUB

Rayan HAYKAL ULS

Eliane KHALIFE USJ

Roula KHOURY USJ

Karim KOBEISSI UIL

Hayssam KOTOB UL

Hiam LOUTFI RHU

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Georges MASSE AUST

Joseph MOUKARZEL UA

Sami OFEISH

Sonia OJEIL BSAIBES

UOB

USEK

Imad SALAMEH LAU

Ilham SLIM HOTEIT UIL

Jihad TAKKOUCH AUL

Mohammad ZOUBAIDI BAU

Economics and Management

Rock Antoine MEHANNA ULS

Nehmeh AZOURY USEK

Elie BOURI USEK

Maria HILAL UA

Charbel SALLOUM USEK

Mario SASSINE USEK

Elizabeth SFEIR UA

Nahed TAHA AUL

Science Education, Ethics of Scientific Research

Nisrine ADADA GU

Tamer AMIN AUB

Richard AOUN USJ

Saouma BOUJAOUDE AUB

Jamal CHARARA UL

Najwa FARES RHU

Micheline GHATTAS UA

Samer HABRE LAU

Fadi EL HAGE USJ

Iman KHALIL UL

Fares MAALOUF USJ

Joseph MALKOUN NDU

Gihane MANSOUR ABOU JAOUDE USJ

Hiba OTHMAN AUST

Naim ROUADI UOB

Audile SAAB USEK

Marie-Therese SALIBA UL

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Norma ZAKARIA USEK

Arts and World Vision

Nidaa ABOU MRAD UA

Bouchra BECHELANY UL

Rachid CHAMOUN LAU

Antoine FISHFISH USEK

Robert KARAM USEK

Antoine LAHOUD LAU

Shireen MAALOUF UL

Karim NAJJAR AUB

Ghada SHBEIR USEK

Joseph ZAAROUR USEK

Paul ZGHEIB USEK

Relations: State, Enterprises, Universities

Josiane ABI KHATTAR USF

Ghinwa CHLOUK UA

Tina HABIB USEK

Anwar KAWTHARANI LIU

Hassan KHACHFE LIU

Charbel KHOURY USEK

Nicolas LOUKA USJ

Rania MASRI AUB

Vincent MAZRAANI AUST

Fadia HOMEIDAN AUB

Rihab SAWAYA UA

Raphael WASSIM USJ

Organizing Committee

Hyam ABBOUD MATAR UL Zainab ASSAGHIR UL Bassam BADRAN UL Fadi HAGE CHEHADE UL / LAAS Bassem HAIDAR UL Maribelle EL HOKAYEM LAAS Majida JALBOUT UL Rita KARAM MOUAWAD UL Mohamad KHALIL UL / Responsable de l’EDAS à la LAAS

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Ahmad KOBEISSI UL Rana MANSOUR UL/LAAS Marie-Thérèse SALIBA UL/LAAS Christine EL SALIBY LAAS Antoun YAACOUB UL

LAAS Executive Committee

Naim OUAINI (President)

Nashat MANSOUR (Vice President)

Hassan CHARIF (Secretary General)

Abdo JURJUS (Treasurer and Past President)

Karim ECHTAY

Georges EID

Fadi HAGE CHEHADE

Mahmoud KOREK

Roger LTEIF

Important Dates Extended Abstract submission deadline: March 2-3, 2017 Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2017 Registration fees

Local participants: 60 $

Student participants: 20 $

International participants: 150 $ *Cover: Lunch, Coffee Break and Technical Organization

Author Instructions: Guidelines for Authors

Extended abstracts may be submitted in Arabic, English, or French

Extended abstracts should be formatted as follows: o The font should be Times New Roman o The extended abstract's length should be 2 pages, in single spacing o Use A4 page size, with 1 inch for the left, right, top, and bottom margins o The extended abstract's title should be centered in bold, 14 pt, Times New Roman o Leave a blank line after the title and then give the name(s) of the author(s) centered, in 12-

point, bold font. On the next line(s), give the name(s) of the department, and the institution of the author(s) in 12-point, normal font. After that, the e-mail address(es) should also be listed

o Then, leave 2 blank lines and include the extended abstract's text, in 12-point and single spacing.

Submit extended abstracts in word format or PDF using Edas: www.edas.info/N23369

For more information you can send an email to: naimouaini@usek.edu.lb ; naimouaini@laaslb.org ; hassan.zeineddine@ul.edu.lb

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work as follows:

Oral presentation: the time will be 12 minutes plus 3 minutes for questions, OR

Poster presentation: please use paper A-zero size (118 cm high and 84 cm wide).

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To Speakers/Authors of papers

Please note that all conference rooms will be equipped with a Windows-based PC with USB drive plus an LCD projector for PowerPoint presentations

Please make sure that the size of the letters on your .PPT slides (or on transparencies) is large enough for clear presentation. Also, use graphics, diagrams, and figures to make your presentation clear

The presentation time will be 12 minutes (+3 minutes for Q&A). Please make sure you respect the time.

To Session Chairs The session Chairs are responsible for: Ensuring that the presentation equipment is ready at the time of the session and that PowerPoint presentations will be downloaded before the start of the session.

Ensuring that presentations run exactly in the order given in the conference program

Introducing speakers

Controlling time

Award for Career Excellence in Scientific Research

The Lebanese Association for Advancement of Science will grant an award to two outstanding investigators who have made an exceptional contribution to scientific research at the national and international levels.

This event will take place during the 23rd International Science Meeting on April 7, 2017, during the closing ceremony.

Eligibility:

The nominee should be a Lebanese researcher who has made an outstanding contribution to scientific research during the previous years

The award recipient will be selected based on the quality and quantity of his/her publications

The selection will be made by an independent council of established researchers appointed by the Board of the Lebanese Association for Advancement of Science

Major awards won by candidates will be taken into consideration

Instructions and Deadlines:

Scientists can either apply themselves or they can be nominated by people familiar with the candidate’s work by sending the following documents to the President of LAAS: naimouaini@laaslb.org ; naimouaini@usek.edu.lb: Nomination letter C.V. 1 or 2 pages describing the nominee’s scientific achievements.

The deadline for submission is March 10, 2017

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The Partners

International Organizations: - Francophone University Agency – Middle-East Office AUF-BMO - International Conference of Head of the Universities & Institutions - Ciruisef / AUF-

BMO - French Institute – Embassy of France - The Union of the Arab Universities – AArU - The Universities Association of Lebanon – UAOLB - The Conference of University Presidents – France – CPU - The Mediterranean Universities Union – UNIMED - The National Erasmus+ Office - Lebanon

Ministries: - Ministry of Education and Higher Education - Ministry of Industry - Ministry of Culture - Ministry of Information - Ministry of Energy and Water - Ministry of Environment - Ministry of Telecommunication - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigrants - Ministry of Labor - Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Tourism - Ministry of Administrative Reform - Ministry of Public Health - Ministry of Finance

************* - The Lebanese Army - The Internal Security Forces – ISF - The General Security Forces - GSF

Orders and Associations: - Association of Lebanese Industrialists - ALI - Lebanese Businessman Association – RDCL - Order of the Engineers and Architects – Beirut - Order of the Engineers and Architects – Tripoli - Lebanese Order of Physicians – Beirut - Lebanese Order of Physicians - Tripoli

Official Institutes: - The National Council of Scientific Research in Lebanon –CNRS-L - Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation – LCEC - Lebanese Standers Institution – LIBNOR - Institute of Industrial Research – IRI - National School of Administration –ENA - Quality Program at the Ministry of Economy and Trade - QUALEB - Lebanese Petroleum Administration – LPA - Institution of Lebanese Agriculture Research – IRAL

Universities: - Lebanese University - UL - Holy Spirit University of Kaslik –USEK - Saint Joseph University - USJ

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- American University of Beirut – AUB - Lebanese American University – LAU - University of Balamand – UOB - Beirut Arab University – BAU - Notre Dame University - Louaize – NDU - Sagesse University – ULS - American University of Sciences and Technology – AUST - Islamic University of Lebanon – UIL - Antonine University – UA - Holy Family University – USF - Lebanese International University –LIU - Manar University of Tripoli- MUT - Jinan University of Lebanon – JUL - Rafic Hariri University – RHU - Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon – AUL - Global University – GU - Lebanese German University – LGU - Lebanese Canadian University – LCU - American University of Technology – AUT - Maaref University - MU

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